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How to approach the late stages of freerolls?

So I've been playing the $10 freerolls on America's Card Room and last night I feel like I played pretty well, managing to finish 14th. However, I wasn't super confident on how to keep progressing once I got to that point as the table was getting bullied by two people who were in the money and had stacks almost triple the size of mine. How should I be playing at that point?

So I've been playing the $10 freerolls on America's Card Room and last night I feel like I played pretty well, managing to finish 14th. However, I wasn't super confident on how to keep progressing once I got to that point as the table was getting bullied by two people who were in the money and had stacks almost triple the size of mine. How should I be playing at that point?

Try to have at least 50% of their stack in that moment or better. If not, wait for any ace and use the position against them and just shove. You can't do much if few people are bullying the rest of the table because you are gonna lose chips from ante and blinds and u have to react fast.

#3

October 9th, 2018, 5:22 PM

finaltable1 [516]

Poker at: PokerStars

Game: Holdem

Approach it with a beer and with a final table of 10k grtd in another window.

#4

October 9th, 2018, 8:22 PM

anderson697 [203]

Online Poker at: PokerStars

Game: Holdem

Originally Posted by EnigmaTTO

So I've been playing the $10 freerolls on America's Card Room and last night I feel like I played pretty well, managing to finish 14th. However, I wasn't super confident on how to keep progressing once I got to that point as the table was getting bullied by two people who were in the money and had stacks almost triple the size of mine. How should I be playing at that point?

The first thing is not to let yourself be invaded by the feeling that you could be eliminated, since that is one of the mental traps in which most players fall, just forget about that and keep playing as you came safe from your plays

#5

October 9th, 2018, 8:54 PM

8bod8 [1,217]

re: Poker & How to approach the late stages of freerolls?

Originally Posted by EnigmaTTO

So I've been playing the $10 freerolls on America's Card Room and last night I feel like I played pretty well, managing to finish 14th. However, I wasn't super confident on how to keep progressing once I got to that point as the table was getting bullied by two people who were in the money and had stacks almost triple the size of mine. How should I be playing at that point?

At any point in any game:
If you get bullied by massive stacks:
- play like a nit (99+ AQs+)
- if possible see flops cheap

#6

October 9th, 2018, 9:02 PM

ScottieDuncan [1,169]

Online Poker at: Ignition

Game: holdem

Wait for a good hand and shove

#7

October 9th, 2018, 9:05 PM

Serjo600 [861]

Poker at: PS Party 888

Game: razz

very cautiously enter on finals

#8

October 9th, 2018, 9:35 PM

Chalada12 [515]

Think of how long u have been playing and stay calm , keep playing the way you we re playing. Shove once u get a very good hand .

#9

October 10th, 2018, 7:19 PM

williamsc99 [256]

going all in with big hands and throwing away pessimistic hands. He should also try to explore the tournament bubble by putting pressure on the short stack

#10

October 10th, 2018, 7:28 PM

iosif18 [568]

re: Poker & How to approach the late stages of freerolls?

Final table is all in and fold......and sometimes blinds stealing ...Very tight aproach i think is the best way to earn more money.

#11

October 10th, 2018, 8:26 PM

duson [228]

Play tighter and be willing to let your blinds go while waiting for a hand you're comfortable either paying to see the flop or going all-in. You can't limp too often or you'll just reduce your stack even faster so you have to be smart about it.

#12

October 11th, 2018, 5:54 AM

blueskies [2,181]

Online Poker at: Bet Online

Game: NL holdem

One thing I've noticed some players do is just fold fold fold even though they are down to like 3 blinds. I've seen players fold on SB even though they are down to sometimes less than 1 BB.

What?

Call with ATC in that situation. Even if you get AA, if you are down to like 2 BB and double up, that's not really gonna do you any good.

If you are right on the bubble, then ok I can see folding junk and hoping you back into the money,but most times, you gotta fight for your life rather than just bleed out.

And once you get to the final table where the stack to blinds ratio is small, it comes down to luck. If you are lucky enough to get QQ+ at this time, you will probably last longer. If you don't get a great hand, you will have to shove with ok hands. Try to be the first one to shove. If someone shoves in front of you, then tighten up.

#13

October 12th, 2018, 2:04 AM

EnigmaTTO [16]

Poker at: ACR

Thanks for all the good advice everyone, managed to finish ITM today in one of the freerolls! Not being afraid of getting knocked out was a huge help, especially when one or two plays didn't work out and had me a bit low on chips. Hopefully I can keep replicating that success.

#14

October 14th, 2018, 1:08 AM

AKQ [561]

Online Poker at: ACR and BOL

Game: holdem

wait for ace anything and shove lol

#15

October 14th, 2018, 1:16 AM

AKQ [561]

Poker at: ACR and BOL

Game: holdem

re: Poker & How to approach the late stages of freerolls?

Originally Posted by anderson697

The first thing is not to let yourself be invaded by the feeling that you could be eliminated, since that is one of the mental traps in which most players fall, just forget about that and keep playing as you came safe from your plays

this is an absolute key to winning poker mtt and should remeber this when your the big stack. this can make you crush the field